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WILLIAM AMENDA, OF OKLAHOMA, GKLAHMA.

COUNTER FOR FOODS AND BEVERAGES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 1, 1910.

Application led September 27, 1909. Serial No. 519,910.

To all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that I, VILLIAM AMEDA, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oklahoma city, in the county of Oklahoma and State of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gounters for Foods'and Beverages, ot which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to counters or coun" ter cabinets for foods and beverages in grocery and other stores, and lunchrooms and the like, andmy object is to provide a convenient and economical cabinet wherein the contents will be visible from the outside, and which will in all respects accord with the high standard of sanitation of the present day.

Other objects, and the advantages, ot' my l invention, will be apparent from the following description, in which reference is made -to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which,

Figure 1. is a front elevation of my im-I proved counter cabinet. F ig. '2, is a rear clevat-ion thereof. Fig. 3 is a top plan viewl thereof. Fig. l is a vvertical longitudinal section through the central portion thereof. Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view taken on t-he line of Fige, and, Fig. o lis al similar view taken on line oi Fig-4.

ln the practical embodiment of my invention I provide a counter cabinet which comprises anunbroken trout wall 10 and end walls 11, the front wall having a longitudinal base slab 12, of marble or thelike held by longitudinal cleat board lxupon the interior 'face of wall 10. 'The wall l() has also a longitudinal series of transparel'it panels .111. Strictly speaking my improved Acountions 1G and -17 respectively. The counterr board V1% is also cut a "ay at its rear edge above the refrigerator section 15, to provide for tln'receptionoi:` oppositely slidable glass doors 21v having handlesl or knobs upon their adjacent edges, and adapted to slide laterally beneath the translmrent counter sections 19 and 2O in guides 23 carried by the top or counter board 18 and the skeleton frames 24 forming the rear walls of the cabinet sections 16 and 17. The skeleton rear walls support the sliding doors 25 to the upper compartments, the drawers 26, and the hinged doors Q7, each opening into coinpartments within the cabinet sections where food inay be kept.

Mounted transversely through the upper portion of the refrigerator section 15 are rotatable rods 28 carrying exterior handles 29, andinterior cams 30 which are adapted to bind against the sliding doors 21 and hold the same in the closed position.

The refrigerator section 15 has inner and outer walls 31 and 32, between which is an insulating dead air space 33. rl `he interior thereot' is provided with a slat shelf 34,- and with fia water coil 35 which receives Water fronf'al low service pipe 3G, and terminates in a 'discharge pipe 37 projecting rearwardly through the rear wall and provided with a dispensing faucet 38. Upon the inner front wall on hooks 39 is hung a series of tanks 40. adapted to receive beverages. each tank having a discharge pipe 41 leading rearwardly through the rear wall and provided with a dispensing faucet 42. 'lhe coil 35 is arranged just below thetanks 40. as shown, and is adapted to support cracked or crushed ice by which the water therein is quickly cooled, as are said tanks. The refrigerator section also has rear doors 43 leading into its lower portion, and a'waste pipe 44 leading downwardly from its base. The side walls 31 and 3Q are provided with upper, lower and intermediate slotted perforations 45, which perforations extend also through plugs 46 between said walls, and permit thel l amena service ipe at one end en d havnga dis In testimon whereof ax my signature, charge aucet at its opposlte end adjacent m presence of two witnesses.

said beverage faucets and embodying a series vof horizontal coile s11pe1posef-o11e upon WILLIAM AMENDA' 5 the other and surrounding and overlying Witnesses:

the horizontal portions of Saul' tank dis- W. F. BLAND,

icharge pipes. i ERNEST CHAMBERS. 

